Antimicrobial activity of human cervical mucus

• Verfasst von: Eggert-Kruse, Waltraud [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Botz, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Pohl, Sabine [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Rohr, Gerhard [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Strowitzki, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Antimicrobial activity of human cervical mucus
• Verf.angabe: Waltraud Eggert-Kruse, Isabel Botz, Sabine Pohl, Gerhard Rohr and Thomas Strowitzki
• E-Jahr: 2000
• Jahr: 01 April 2000
• Umfang: 7 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 25.11.2020
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Human reproduction
• Ort Quelle: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1986
• Jahr Quelle: 2000
• Band/Heft Quelle: 15(2000), 4, Seite 778-784
• ISSN Quelle: 1460-2350
• DOI: doi:10.1093/humrep/15.4.778
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1741080118

Abstract

The antibacterial activity of human cervical mucus (CM) was examined on standardized microbial colonized agar plates (agar diffusion test). In parallel, the lysozyme content of CM was determined by means of a turbidimetric test system in aliquots of the same CM specimens. Suspensions of living lyophilized Micrococcus lysedeikticus were used as bacterial substrate. Testing was performed in a total of 133 CM samples, obtained at mid-cycle from sexually active women from unselected infertile couples with a median age of 30 (range 21–42) years.